Soliman ben Muhamed, ben
Abdallah, ben Ismael Sultan,
&c.
Praise be to God alone.
Our servants El Hage Mohamed o Bryhim, and Seid Mohamed Bel Akkia,
peace and the mercy of God be with you! This premised, I command
you to suffer the Christian merchant, Jackson, to embark for his
own country, if it appears to you that no one pursues him in law
[for debt,] as I wrote to you on this subject in my last letter: if
no one claims of him any right by law, allow him to go, and do not
impede him.[224] God protect you, and peace be with you. 3d day of
Saffer, the good year 1220 of the Hejra, (A.C. 1805.)
[Footnote 224: This repetition of the principal subject in
Arabic correspondence, is a mode of impressing on the mind more
forcibly, the subject intended to be impressed, and is commonly
practised by the best Arabian, and African writers; it also
frequently occurs in the inspired writings. See Psalms lxxv, l.
lxxvii, 1. &c.]